Daytime Sleepiness Drugs of Varying Performance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
One drug stood out for reducing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a meta-analysis, researchers reported. Compared with placebo, users of solriamfetol (Sunosi) showed improvement on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS; mean difference -3.8, 95% CI -5.24 to -2.50) after 4 weeks, as did groups taking armodafinil/modafinil (mean difference […]
PCOS Pain Caused Kelly Ripa to Pass Out During Sex
In an upcoming memoir, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories, daytime talk-show host Kelly Ripa shares a story that has many people talking. The story, outlined in Haute Living, is in a chapter entitled “Don’t Let Your Husband Pick Your Death Clothes.” As Ripa related, in 1997 as a new mother she passed out during sex […]